Kenner police arrested a woman accused of tracking down her lost cell phone, barging into the home of the person who found the device and throwing a punch before stealing $20 for "gas money." It took a detective about a year to identify Briana Marie Jones, 20, of Baton Rouge, as the suspect in the case, according to Sgt. Brian McGregor, spokesman for the Kenner Police.

The 44-year-old victim told authorities she found a Samsung Galaxy smartphone in the parking lot while leaving the Metairie restaurant where where she was employed in August 2013, McGregor said.

The woman took the phone home to her Kenner residence. She told officers she intended to turn the phone over to the business' lost and found when she returned to work the next day, McGregor said.

But within about two hours, a car pulled up to the restaurant worker's home. A woman later identified as Jones and another man got out and began to question her about the cell phone, according to an arrest report. The restaurant worker's 9-year-old son translated for her, telling the couple that she had, indeed, found the phone, and it was in her bedroom, McGregor said.

The woman went to retrieve the phone, followed by Jones and the man, who entered the house, uninvited, the report said. The man waited in a hallway while Jones continued to trail the woman into her bedroom.

When the woman handed the phone over to Jones, she snatched it back and punched the woman in the face, McGregor said. The woman toppled to the floor while Jones stood over her demanding gas money.

The woman's son rushed in to prevent any further attack. Jones rummaged through the woman's room until she found $20, which she pocketed before fleeing, McGregor said.

The Kenner detectives assigned to the case eventually identified Jones through a phone call she made to the restaurant to complain about the incident, McGregor said.

Investigators arrested her Wednesday (July 9) in Baton Rouge with help from the U.S. Marshals Service and booked her with aggravated burglary involving a battery.

McGregor said Jones never reported the phone stolen. She thought she had left it on the table inside the restaurant. The problem, he said, is that Jones took matters into her own hands after she arrived at the woman's residence.

"The victim, in good will, was attempting to return the property when Jones struck her, began tearing up her house and took money from within," McGregor said.

Jones was still being held Friday (July 11) at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on a $50,000 bond. Kenner Police are attempting to identify the man who accompanied Jones to the residence, McGregor said.

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Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Kenner Police at 504. 712.2222. The public can also call Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111 or toll-free at 877.903.7867.